Jell-O - Sugar Free Instant Pudding Review

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louis805
Philadelphia, PA

A sugar free food that tastes great and is easy on the wallet!

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Pros

Smooth, Diabetic-Friendly, Tasty, Low-Calorie, Creamy, Guilt Free, Rich, Velvety

FEB

2008

    As a man who's had Type 1 diabetes since 1973, I can easily say this: SUGAR FREE + DESSERTS = USUALLY TASTED AWFUL. Yeah, aspartame (a la Nutrasweet) was better than saccharin when it came to sugar-free, but it still had an unpleasant flavor. Now that companies have been using sucralose, a derivative of sugar, us diabetics have been able to celebrate!
    Anyway, enough with the history lesson.... this is about Jell-O pudding! My mom used to make it for my non-diabetic brother when I was a kid, and I used to sneak it in school. It has always been a guilty pleasure for me, along with Jell-O gelatin. The only problem that I have always had, was that it really did a number on my blood sugars. I picked up a box of the sugar free the other day, and saw that it is now sweetened with Splenda (sucralose) so I bought it... hey, what can I lose for 65 cents?
    I took it home, read the directions, and in under 10 minutes I had the dessert ready. I opened the fridge door, feeling just like I did when I was six, about to steal some of my brother's. There it was, a bowl of butterscotch... the toughest one to fake in sugar free, looming on the shelf. I reached in, grabbed it (Ride Of The Valkyries playing in the background), got a spoon, and took a small taste. Guess what? They FINALLY got it right.
    It is creamy and sweet, velvety rich, with a pleasant aftertaste. No signs of chemical tase here. I actually double checked the box before I continued, just because I didn't want to have a hyperglycemic episode. This stuff is awesome.